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Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.
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Subtopic: Drugs

Number of Awards: 216
Total Amount Awarded: $99,302,193

Funded Awards
FY Title Sort ascending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 What You Can't Buy, Can't Kill You Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM AL 2019-R2-CX-0019 $641,016 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Wastewater Epidemiology To Examine Stimulant Trends (weTEST) Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE KY 2020-R2-CX-0013 $862,567 Open
2008 VT 2008 Research and Development in the Area of Controlled Substances Detection and Analysis NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Controlled Substances: Invited Full Proposals Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2008-DN-BX-K161 $92,888 Closed
2019 Using Social Network and Spatial Analysis to Understand and Address Fentanyl Distribution Networks in America’s Largest Port City Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION CA 2019-R2-CX-0020 $995,490 Open
2018 Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0032 $985,950 Past Project Period End Date
2003 Use of LC/MS/MS to Rapidly Perform First-Pass Screening for Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Toxicology Cases General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003 Georgia Bureau of Investigation GA 2003-IJ-CX-K007 $407,451 Closed
2012 Transition Metal Cluster Compounds for the Fluorescent Identification and Trace Detection of Substances of Abuse NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2012-R2-CX-K005 $163,385 Closed
2017 Toxicological Time Travel: Retrospective Datamining of Analytical Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Data for Evaluating the Rise and Fall of Novel Opioid and Fentanyl Analog Use in the United States NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017 Fredric Rieders Family Foundation: CFSRE PA 2017-DN-BX-0169 $499,005 Closed
2019 Through the Looking Glass Part II: Abuse of the Evolving Electronic Cigarette and the Impact of Vaping Ethanol in the Evaluation of Impairment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-MU-MU-0007 $1,241,355 Open
2018 Through the E-Cigarette Looking Glass: The Impact of Vaping Ethanol on DUI Investigations NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2018-75-CX-0036 $517,961 Closed
2019 Third Party Policing: A Randomized Field Trial to Assess Drug Crime Reduction and Police-Hotel Partnerships in Anne Arundel County, MD Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019 POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 2019-R2-CX-0026 $597,452 Open
2014 The Utility of Ultra High Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography for the Analysis of Seized Drugs: Application to Synthetic Cannabinoids and Bath Salts NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The George Washington University DC 2014-R2-CX-K009 $292,808 Closed
2016 The Utility of Multi-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography for the Analysis of Seized Drugs: Application to Emerging Drugs Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The George Washington University DC 2016-DN-BX-0169 $208,339 Closed
2017 The Use of Gas Chromatography with Tandem Ultra Violet and Mass Spectrometric Detection for the Analysis of Emerging Drugs. Application to Synthetic Cathinones and Fentanyl Analogs. NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The George Washington University DC 2017-R2-CX-0028 $275,221 Closed
2005 The Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detectors NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K031 $97,019 Closed
2004 The Prevalence, Context, and Reporting of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault on University Campuses VAW Sexual Violence Research Triangle Institute NC 2004-WG-BX-0010 $419,339 Closed
2023 The Low-Down on Methamphetamine Isomers: Prevalence and Pharmacology in Humans NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM WI 15PNIJ-23-GG-04216-MUMU $1,042,225 Open
2018 The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2018-DU-BX-0180 $726,629 Closed
2012 The Evaluation of Laser Diode Thermal Desorption ((LDTD) for High Throughput Analysis of Controlled Substances and Toxicology in Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Triangle Institute NC 2012-R2-CX-K004 $331,494 Closed
2016 The Evaluation of Alternative Sample Preparation Techniques for Use in Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Triangle Institute NC 2016-DN-BX-0192 $787,719 Closed
2019 The Effects of Synthetic Cathinone Chirality on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics and Its Implications for Forensic Toxicology Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-R2-CX-0046 $149,960 Closed
2014 The Effects of Increased Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs to Children and Adolescents on Trends in Juvenile Delinquency and Violence: Empirical Analysis Using State-Level Panel Data NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of New Haven CT 2014-R2-CX-0003 $38,274 Closed
2010 The Effects of Acquisition of Postmortem Blood Specimens on Drug Levels and the Effects of Transport Conditions on Degradation of Drugs NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Iowa Department of Public Health IA 2010-DN-BX-K216 $167,697 Closed
2004 The development of microfluidic devices for the rapid isolation and detection of drugs of abuse. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2004-WG-BX-K077 $499,865 Closed
2004 The Context of Drug Markets: An Examination of the Direct and Indirect Influence of Gender in Drug Market Activities Data Resources Program 2003: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data Arizona State University AZ 2004-IJ-CX-0014 $34,946 Closed